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WHEREAS by the laws now in force in this kingdom, it is not lawful to endow any college or seminary for the education exclusively of persons professing the Roman Catholic religion, and it is now become expedient that a seminary should be established for that purpose; be it therefore enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That the right honourable John viscount Fitzgibbon, lord chancellor of Ireland, the right honourable John earl of Clonmell, chief justice of his Majesty's court of Kings bench in Ireland, the right honourable Hugh lord Carleton, chief justice of his Majesty's court of common pleas in Ireland, and the right honourable Barry Yelverton, chief baron of the court of exchequer in Ireland, and the chancellor, or lord keeper, chief justices, and chief baron of the said courts for the time being, together with Arthur James Plunkett, commonly called earl of Fingall, Jenico Preston, commonly called viscount Gormanstown, sir Thomas Browne, baronet, commonly called viscount Kenmare, sir Edward Bellew, baronet, Richard Strange, of the city of Dublin, esquire, sir Thomas French, baronet, the reverend Richard O'Reilly of Drogheda, doctor in divinity, the reverend John Thomas Troy, of the city of Dublin, doctor in divinity, the reverend Thomas Bray of Thurles, doctor in divinity, the reverend Boetius Egan of Tuam, doctor in divinity, the reverend Patrick Joseph Plunkett of Navan, doctor in divinity, the reverend Philip Mac Davett of Strabane, doctor in divinity, the reverend Francis Moylan of Cork, doctor in divinity, the reverend Gerald Tehan of Killarney, doctor in divinity, the reverend Daniel Delany of Tullow, doctor in divinity, the reverend Edmond French of Athlone, doctor in divinity, and the reverend Thomas Hussey, of the city of Dublin, doctor in divinity, and [Rep., Stat. Law Rev. (I.) Act, 1879.] the persons to be hereafter elected, as by this act is directed, shall be trustees for the purpose of establishing, endowing, and maintaining one academy, for the education only of persons professing the Roman Catholic religion; and that the said trustees shall have full power and authority to receive subscriptions and donations to enable them to establish and endow an academy for the education of persons professing the Roman Catholic religion, and to purchase and acquire lands, not exceeding the annual value of one thousand pounds, and to erect and maintain all such buildings as may be by the said trustees deemed necessary for the lodging and accommodation of the president, masters, professors, follows and students, who shall from time to time be admitted into, or reside in such academy. [Rep., Stat. Law Rev. (I.) Act, 1879.]
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